A cushioning material providing sufficient cushioning effect and an information storage device having the cushioning material are provided. The cushioning material has a space therein to cover a part of an inner housing coming in contact with an outer surface of the inner housing and projections formed toward an outer housing, each projection having a contact surface coming in contact with an inner surface of the outer housing, the contact surface being formed to extend along the inner surface. The information storage device is removably mounted on a device body and has a hard disk driving mechanism, a first housing for accommodating the hard disk driving mechanism, a second housing for accommodating the first housing, and a connector portion, wherein the first housing is supported by the cushioning material to have a distance between the first housing and the second housing.
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1. A cushioning material for supporting an inner first housing and an outer second housing in spaced apart relation, comprising: a main body having a space within which at least a portion of only one of a plurality of corners of said first housing is received, and having a portion which comes into contact with an outer surface of said first housing for covering at least part of said first housing; four projection portions formed to protrude from said main body toward said second housing, and provided on each of an upper surface, lower surface, and side surfaces of said main body and an opening formed at the corner of said main body, wherein, each one of said four projection portions has a contact surface which comes into contact with a corresponding inner surface of said second housing, said contact surface is formed so as to extend along said corresponding inner surface of said second housing, and each one of said four projection portions being so configured that it can deform within a space under said second housing to absorb shock.
2. An information storage device removably mounted on a device body, comprising: a hard disk driving mechanism; a first housing for accommodating said hard disk driving mechanism therein; a second housing for accommodating said first housing therein; and a connector portion, wherein, said first housing is supported by a cushioning material to have a distance between said first housing and said second housing, said cushioning material has a main body having a space within which at least a portion of only one of a plurality of corners of said first housing is received, and having a portion which comes into contact with an outer surface of said first housing to cover at least part of said first housing, an opening formed at the corner of said main body; and said cushioning material has four projection portions formed to protrude from said main body toward said second housing, and provided on each of an upper surface, lower surface, and side surfaces of said main body, each one of said four projection portions has a contact surface in which comes into contact with a corresponding inner surface of said second housing, and is formed to extend along said corresponding inner surface of said second housing, and each one of said four projection portions is effective to undergo suitable deformation with a space defined by said inner surface so as to absorb shock experienced by said first and second.
3. A cushioning device for maintaining first and second housings in spaced apart relation, said device comprising: a main body with a space therein so configured to accommodate therein at least a portion of only one of a plurality of corners of said first housing, said main body having four outer surfaces formed on each of an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces of said main body to come into contact with corresponding inner surfaces of said second housing; and a shock absorbing configuration in said main body effective to deform to absorb mechanical shock experienced by said first and second housings while maintaining said spaced apart relations, wherein, said shock absorbing configuration comprises an opening formed at the corner of said main body which is effective to deform to absorb shock when said first and second housings are subjected to mechanical shock.
4. The cushioning device of claim 3 , wherein said shock absorbing configuration comprises at least one projection on each of said upper surface, lower surface, and side surfaces of said main body of said main body.
5. The cushioning device of claim 3 , wherein three orthogonal outer surfaces form a corner, and said shock absorbing configuration comprises projections.
6. A cushioning material for supporting an inner first housing and an outer second housing in spaced apart relation, comprising: a main body having a space within which at least a portion of only one of a plurality of corners of said first housing is received, an inner surface which comes into contact with an outer surface of said first housing for covering at least part of said first housing, and an outer surface, said main body being configured so that interior surfaces of said space cover portions of four surfaces of said corner of said first housing; an opening formed at the corner of said main body; and at least one projection portion formed to protrude from said main body outer surface toward said second housing, wherein, said projection portion has a contact surface which comes into contact with an inner surface of said second housing, said contact surface being opposite to said inner surface in contact with said outer surface of said first housing, said contact surface is formed so as to extend along said inner surface of said second housing, and said projection being so configured that it can deform within a space under said second housing to absorb shock.
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